20 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Much reduced in size over plants from the central part of the 

 Island. 



Aster patens 



Also A. phlogifolius, if that species, so far as Montauk specimens 

 are concerned, be more than a mere form of A. patens. 



Baptisia tinctoria 



The tallest herb on the Downs, and very noticeable, as it is 

 dotted all over the Point and every individual is made con- 

 spicuous by its stiff dome-like habit, instead of being merged in 

 the general mass of the vegetation. 



Carex Muhlenbergii 



Chrysopsis mariana 



Aster ericoides 



Hieracium scabrum 



Aster multiflorus 



Often making exclusive patches, and rarely over six inches high, 

 usually less. Its stunted wind-wrenched habit of growth is one 

 of the most characteristic transformations of species at Montauk 

 that are elsewhere taller and normally developed. Its dense 

 masses of tiny white flowers, often flat on the ground, emphasize 

 strikingly at flowering time, the reaction to the wind of this 

 Aster. 



Polygala viridescens 



Potentilla canadensis 



Also the form known as P. pumila. 



Solidago rugosa 



Much reduced in size over plants near the bottom of kettleholes, 

 where the species is more abundant than on the Downs. 



Viola fimbriatula 



Kneiffia Allenii 



A plant long thought to be endemic at Montauk, but now found 

 elsewhere on Long Island. Its golden yellow flowers, low habit, 

 and very general distribution over the Downs add a note of 

 color in midsummer. 



Galium pilosum 



Cyperus filiculmis 



Panicum columbianum 



Achillea Millefolium 



Another relic of man. A beautiful pink-flowered form is some- 

 times met with, particularly on the Downs just east of Great 

 Pond. 



